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Wilkie

Front Beach, East Side Of Flinders Island

Wilkie was a cutter built in 1924 and lost on 1/1960. Wilkie was cray fishing at Flinders Island and was anchored off the ‘Front Beach’ on the east side of the island in c.January 1960. In the early hours of the morning a fresh north wind commenced and the vessel was driven onto the beach by the swells.

CategorySHIPWRECK

LocationFront Beach, East Side Of Flinders Island

DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks

Listed/year1960

Oddness signal84/99

Data completeness90%

SignificanceCutter; Wood; Wilkie was cray fishing at Flinders Island and was anchored off the ‘Front Beach’ on the east side of the island in c.January 1960. In the early hours of the morning a fresh north wind commenced and the vessel was driven onto the beach by the swells.

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